VMware Fusion 4.1.3 Release Notes

What's New

VMware Fusion 4.1.3 is a maintenance release that resolves some known issues. It is a free upgrade for all VMware Fusion 4 users.

Prior Releases of VMware Fusion 4

Features from prior releases of VMware Fusion are described in the release notes for each release, along with existing known issues. In addition, the release notes
contain information on system requirements and installation. To view release notes for prior releases of VMware Fusion 4, click the following links:

Resolved Issues

General Issues

Resolved an intermittent issue with an unreleased version of Mac OS X.

Fixed a race-condition when starting VMware Tools in some OpenSUSE virtual machines.

Security Issues

VMware host Checkpoint file memory corruption
Input data was not properly validated when loading Checkpoint files. This issue could have allowed an attacker with the
ability to load a specially crafted Checkpoint file to execute arbitrary code on the host.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2012-3288 to this issue.

VMware floppy device out-of-bounds memory write.
Due to a flaw in the virtual floppy configuration, it was possible to perform an out-of-bounds memory write. This
vulnerability could have allowed a guest user to crash the VMX process or to potentially execute code on the host.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2012-2449 to this issue.